Every person who is honest is agnostic on some level. If you claim to know, with certainty, that God either exists or does not exist....well...you're lying or you're delusional.
I consider atheism a default position - much like the position one would naturally hold against any unproven or fantastic assertion. Theism is something that must be presented to you and accepted. Therefore, if you are a scrupulous person, it is something that must first be proven. It's not the other way around. For this reason, I consider atheism to also be a much more logical position.
I also believe that people who refer to themselves as simply "agnostic", without admitting to atheism or theism are avoiding the question for various reasons. "Agnosticism" is an answer to an epistemological question, not a theological one.
But I certainly understand why they do it. Hell, I do it sometimes myself. It's because when you call yourself an atheist, even though you are making no strong claims but only adopting a default position - you are still quite often accused of the highest arrogance, adherence to the most extreme dogma, etc. Most people can't seem to understand what the word really means.
So "agnosticism" has slid in there as a placeholder. Sort of a less offensive or less socially unacceptable way of saying "I'm not a theist" without using the word that specifically means "I'm not a theist".
To answer the question, having been raised in a strong fundamentalist Christian environment, eventually realigning myself against it and in the process occupying every position in between, my point of view is the product of a lifetime of careful consideration, research and refinement.
I can honestly say that although I do not and cannot know for certain that god exists or if he does not, I do not believe that he does and furthermore, I do not wish for him to exist. I would prefer that he didn't.
I am most definitely an atheist.
